Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-12
GEN. SHERIDAN On GEN. ROssER.
The Whaling He Gave the yirginian In
the shenandoah Campaign.

The Whaling He Gave the yirginian In
the shenandoah Campaign.
General Sheridan was much amused
upon reading the letter of General
Rosser, recently published, in which
the latter speaks of a proposed trip to
the Shenandoah valley by General
Sheridan, and depounces him for "the
wild. wanton waste and desolation
which bis barbarous torch spread
through the valley during the a
After reading Rosser's philippe Gen.
Sheridan said to your correspondent:
''Rosser has no. forgotten the whaling
! gave him in the valley, aud l AIN
not surprised that he loses his temper
when he recalls II. Yes, sir, when |
was moving down the valley / had an
important object in view and did not
are TO be annoyed. Rosser was sen
after mt with u brigade. but | did not
consider IL worth while to give him
much attention. General Torbet's di-
vision of cavalry formed the rear OF
my column and | was confident hp
could take cafe "t Ross.r. Occasion
ally Ro.ser would come across small
d etachmtnls OF u troops and would
swOop down upon them. Finally IL
WAS reported TO me that Rosser had
captured my pack train and this made
me mad. Hating the entire com.
mand right on The road, | galloped to
the rear TO find Torbet, determined to
settle Rosser. | found the train had
not been captured, although Ii had
encountered Rosser and WAS coming
10 considerably shattered and troken
up. could not find Torbet, and this
added To my rage. When 1 found
him he was quietly enjoying himself
at u farmhouse. called him out aud
informed him that | wanted Rosser
cleaned out, and that If he could not
do this ] would take his division and
1t myself. ! concluded | would
remain and see the work performed,
and so Informed Torbet.
The following morning early Torbet
went after Rosser, whose brigade was
with an i~mpetuosity that caused
them to scatter. We stripped the en-
envy Of everything he had captured
all his guns, except one. watch subse-
quently fell into our hands, and all his
baggage, including his personal effects.
II was II regular frolic for our boys.
Custer got ROsser's uniform, and occa-
sionally wore II for the amusement Of
his command. Torbet pursued Rosser
TO Newmarket, a distance of twenty
five miles. He did not trouble me
further. This incident was doubly
humiliating 10 Rosser, because he was
hailed az the Savior of the Valley
His men wore small laurel twigs in
their hats ss an indication OF their
purpose to clean us out. Some time
after this when Rosser again appeared
in that vicinity. | understand the
people advised him To substitute pump
kin vines fnr laurel, that plant being
well known tor running qualities.
For these reasons ] suppose General
Rosser continues 10 feel unkind to-
ward mt. He says that | have not
atoned for my acts during the war.
That in true. IL never occurred 10 me
that | was called upon To do 50. |
want TO add in this connection that |
do Dot propose 10 make u trip to the
Shenandoah valley this summer and
had not thought Of so doing. | Wis.
tied the valley last summe in COM
psny with Senator Cameron, Of Penn
sylvania, and was Hospitality received
by the people, none Of whom exhib-
tied any OF the bitterness of feeling
that is expressed in Gen. Ro-ser's let
tel. understand Ros-er is now liv-
ing IN the valley, and M he intends to
become IA candidate for Congress, his
letter was doubtless written for effect
upon his coming political campaign"
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